South Korea

Ed Fast, Minister of International Trade, is leading a trade mission to Seoul and Busan, South Korea, February 8-13.
The trade mission to South Korea will be a multi-sector mission highlighting business

The U.S. Navy is upgrading its Pacific-based underwater microphone network - the Sound Surveillance System (SOSUS) - and is linking SOSUS with other countries' networks to gain better situational awareness, the Wall Street Journal has reported.

South Korea will buy 40 F-35A fighter jets from Lockheed Martin for about $7 billion (U.S.) in the country's biggest-ever weapons purchase aimed at coping with North Korea's military threats, officials said Wednesday.

The South Korean military has chosen to equip its future fighter jet with two engines instead of one amid lingering worries over the economic and technical merits of the twin-engine aircraft development, Defense News is reporting.

Agence France Press is reporting that South Korea plans to finalize the purchase of 40 next-generation F-35 jet fighters from Lockheed Martin later this year. That is coming from (kind of) South Korea’s military procurement agency.